Wilbert Franklin Rickard (7 January 1884 – 19 January 1975) was a

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member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in

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and became a farmer by career. Rickard attended public and secondary schools at

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. He served as a regional reeve for

and in 1933 was warden for Northumberland and Dufferin. He was first elected to Parliament at the

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riding in the 1935 general election and re-elected there in

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. Rickard was defeated by Charles Elwood Stephenson of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1945 election.

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* 1884 births 20th-century Canadian farmers Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Mayors of places in Ontario People from Clarington 1975 deaths {{Ontario-mayor-stub